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[Housa OP Rrpresewtatives, No. 349.] 
 
 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, January 23, 1865.— Btad 
 first and second- times, referred to Committee on Military Aflfairp 
 and ordered to be printed. 
 
 [By Mr. Blandford. 
 
 A. BILL 
 
 To amend An Act to organize forces to serve during the war. 
 
 1 The Congress of the Confederati States of America d§ tnact, 
 
 1 That all male white peraoni, citizens of, or domiciled in the 
 
 5 Confederate States, between the ages of eighteen and forty-ive 
 4 years, except as hereinafter exempted, are hereby declared to be 
 i liable to service in the provisional array of the Confederate 
 
 6 States, during the war ; and all conscriptioms of persons here- 
 
 7 after made to serve in said army shall be of persons between 
 6 said ages. 
 
 1 Sec. 2. Any soldier in said army or in the reserve corps, 
 
 2 over the age of forty-five years, shall, upon his proper applica- 
 
 3 tion made, be entitled to receive hii discharge from such ser- 
 
 4 vice, with transportation at the public expense , to his place of 
 
 5 residence. 
 
 1 Sec. 3. Members of Congress, and of the several State Legis- 
 
 2 latures. and all judicial aad other officers whose offices are cre- 
 
 3 ated by the Constitution of the Confederate States, or by the 
 
 4 constitution of either of the States; also, such other offieerB as 
 
 5 the Presidest of the Confederate States, or the proper avthori- 
 
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 6 ties of the several States, ebaU declare to be necessary for the 
 
 7 proper sdminiptration of their respective governments, are 
 
 8 hcrebj declared not liable to conscription. 
 
 1 Sec 4. Hereafter it shall not be lawful to detail tor other ser- 
 
 2 vice, any person fit for duty in the field, who is subject to mili- 
 
 3 tary service under the provisions of this Act; and all such per- 
 
 4 sons heretofore detailed shall be, with as little delay as practi- 
 
 5 cable, returned to their respective commands. Provided, That 
 
 6 nothing herein contained shall he construed so as to prohibit the 
 
 7 President from detailing a limited number or scientific persons, 
 
 8 skilled artizans and mechanics, whose services may be necessa- 
 
 9 Tj for tho production of arms, munitions of war, and other ma- 
 10 terials for the use of the armies of the Confederate States. 
 
 1 Sjec> 5> Hereafter it shall not be lawful to conscript any person 
 
 2 under this or any existing law, until the President shall have 
 
 3 first made his requisition upon the Governor of the State where 
 
 4 such person shall reside, for the quota of men required to b« 
 
 5 furnished by such State for service in the army of the Confed- 
 
 6 erate States, and the Governor shall have failed to comply with 
 
 7 such requisition. The Governors of the States, in filling requi- 
 
 8 sitions by the Prreident for troops, are hereby authorii^ed to in - 
 
 9 dude in, ancl make part of the quotas required to be furnished 
 1© by ikmr respective States, soldiers of the army of the €onfeder- 
 ir ate States, who, at the date of th© passage of this Act, were de- 
 
12 sertern or absent without leave from tlieir commaads, and may 
 
 13 ors^anize th3 troops so furnished into companies, battalions and 
 
 14 regiments. Prnvided, That the rank and numbers of the offi- 
 
 15 cers, and the complement of men in each organization so form- 
 
 16 ed, shall be the same as is required in similar organizations in 
 
 17 the army of the Confederate States. 
 
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